August 13, 2005
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Two and a Half Months Later ...
My circumstances from last Spring have undergone a huge improvement. I have babysitters!!! Many many babysitters. I was having a bit of a scramble because we are short staffed right now so I was scheduled to work this weekend. I had a sitter for today but no one for tomorrow so I was trying hard to give away my shift at the restaurant. I figured that someone would pick it up because traditionally Sunday is a day you can work longer hours and make a bit more money. (People tip better on Saturday but they don't keep as many servers on so your chances of getting sent home early are far better and well, no one makes anything if they are sitting at home in front of the television . . .) But, due to that short-staffed thing I mentioned above that got me scheduled to start with, all the other people who would ordinarily jump at the chance to pick it up, are also already scheduled.
So I was looking kind of desperate. One of the hostesses asked me what the problem was and I explained it to her that I NEED to be off because I don't have anyone to watch my kids. She said, "Oh, I wish I were a server because I'm off that day and I could pick up your shift ..." Long story short - she's coming to watch the boys tomorrow and she'll even take them to church. How cool is that!
Many many thanks to Michelle, Sarah and Jessica for helping me out.
Comments (9)
That's very cool indeed!
It's nice to have friends that can help out. That's why it pays not to be an a**hole.
You had some good breaks coming. Yay for the babysitters!
That is WAY cool.
Yeah for HELP! Speaking of, thanks for your inspiration, Financially speaking, I am still racking up debt since my return to college; but, you have given me hope.
Sorry you have to work .it must be difficult to find baby sittters, as i didn't work until i came to Australia ,I was lucky as my kids were old enough to be left for an hour or so after school, the long school holidays were a bit difficult though I swore them one day ,to not got out down a big back we had full of trees, when i got home from work i found my son aged 10, had taken an axe and tried to chop a tree down ,my daughter then 12 , had gone next door to a neighbour as somehow he had cut the back of his head with the axe, and the lady next door had taken him to the doctor. After that ,feeling I couldn't trust them. I gave up work for a while , it is a big worry though especially if you just have to work ,and at the time we were having a house built ,and I really needed the extra cash, to eke out husbands salary. Cheers Marj
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That was so very special of her - you are making some wonderful friends there.
That is way too cool!
Mike
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